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Morley Witus

Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, P.L.L.C
  • Recognized Since:
    2013
  • Recognized in:
    Appellate Practice
    Commercial Litigation
  • Lawyer Page:
    http://www.bsdd.com/Morley-Wit...
  • Website:
    https://www.bsdd.com
  • Location:
    333 West Fort Street, Suite 1200
    Detroit, MI 48226

Morley is a widely-respected advocate and counselor. He has extensive experience in a variety of business disputes in courts and tribunals across Michigan. 

Best Lawyers In America® has named Morley as Appellate "Lawyer of the Year" in Detroit for 2016.  Morley's litigation practice has encompassed trials, arbitrations, and appeals in contract, real estate, probate, securities, automotive, bankruptcy, municipal, insurance, legal malpractice, intellectual property, and employment cases.  He has also  counseled businesses and government on a variety of issues. 

Morley is listed in Best Lawyers in America and Michigan Super Lawyers.  He has published numerous articles and essays on legal topics. 

Morley received a BA degree (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and JD degree (Magna Cum Laude, Order of the Coif) from the University of Michigan.  He also earned a master's degree in political philosophy from York University.  After law school, he clerked with Judge Philip Pratt in the U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Michigan.   He is past president of the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association and the Jewish Foundation of Washtenaw County.  He serves on the firm's Executive Committee.

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Morley is a widely-respected advocate and counselor. He has extensive experience in a variety of business disputes in courts and tribunals across Michigan. 

Best Lawyers In America® has named Morley as Appellate "Lawyer of the Year" in Detroit for 2016.  Morley's litigation practice has encompassed trials, arbitrations, and appeals in contract, real estate, probate, securities, automotive, bankruptcy, municipal, insurance, legal malpractice, intellectual property, and employment cases.  He has also  counseled businesses and government on a variety of issues. 

Morley is listed in Best Lawyers in America and Michigan Super Lawyers.  He has published numerous articles and essays on legal topics. 

Morley received a BA degree (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and JD degree (Magna Cum Laude, Order of the Coif) from the University of Michigan.  He also earned a master's degree in political philosophy from York University.  After law school, he clerked with Judge Philip Pratt in the U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Michigan.   He is past president of the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association and the Jewish Foundation of Washtenaw County.  He serves on the firm's Executive Committee.

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  • Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2016 - Appellate Practice

Education:

  • University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, J.D.

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Appellate Practice, Detroit (2016)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Appellate Practice
  • Commercial Litigation
 

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Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, P.L.L.C
https://www.bsdd.com
 
333 West Fort Street, Suite 1200
Detroit, MI 48226
313-965-9725
 
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